Description
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.
In the beginning, Bruce's behavior is childish: if in my opinion it will not be, then let it not be in any way. The creators perfectly understood the idea of God — through the consequences of thoughtless omnipotence to show Bruce his blindness, causing his failures. He is a touchy and proud man, looking for momentary recognition, but not his own growing up. The tragedy of this character is that he does not distinguish between good and evil. Every flaw in him is a sin, and every sin is evil, and all evil is essentially ignorance. The meaning of human life is to turn one's ignorance into knowledge. Alas, Bruce does not achieve this, just as Grace does not achieve that.
At the climax of the film, the deceased Bruce asks God to send Grace someone who will be worthy of her. The character of God in this film commits evil in response to his request — he takes responsibility for himself from Bruce and returns him to Grace himself. Grace herself also remains with her cowardice, not gaining courage. Admitting to herself that she still loves Bruce, she trusts in his actions or in God's miracle, instead of returning to Bruce herself and trying everything over again. All three central characters turn out to be villains in the end.
It is a pity that the film does not reach the depth, and Bruce does not ask God to teach him to love. He does not ask about what a decent person is, and how to become one. The adventure has happened, but the treasure has not been found.